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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… his father to build), apprentice in the landscape architecture firm of Frederick Law Olmsted, travel through Europe, and open his own landscape…"

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Brick Store Museum

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The General Henry Knox Museum

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… its waterfront and cathedrals, its quaint German architecture and sharp-roofed houses, its odd-looking boats and winding streets...The large…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… incorporate Maplewood Park, and its original architecture was designed by Olmstead Frederick. Bass purchased a great deal of adjacent farmland…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… evening.” Charles Eliot opened his own landscape architecture business and became a pioneer in that field."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"Architectural studies and plans have been made for repair and reconstruction of the next few years. map of Islesboro "

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"Some call them examples of vernacular or folk architecture. It is all the same thing. The most important of these was the smokehouse itself."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The Historical Society has copies of architectural drawings done in 1928-1929 - originally for a Municipal Building."

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Bangor Public Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Today, much of the downtown and many architectural gems exist because of this devastating fire. Russell Estes and Brothers Box Shop, Farmington…"